Ryan Miller is really good—he's an All-Star and Vezina Winner for the Buffalo Sabres, and he carried the United States to a silver medal in 2010.

Miller, coincidentally, also occupies the intersection on the Venn diagram of "fiery" and "hotheaded." There's got to be a word for that.

Ornery! Ryan Miller is ornery.

In any case, when he agreed to join CBA negotiations in New York, it seemed like a fait accompli that, at some point during the course of the Donald Fehr/Gary Bettman-less meetings, he'd freak out a little bit. And he did—multiple outlets reported that Miller lost his temper briefly on Wednesday night.

It's understandable; he's certainly not the first to do so (Chris Campoli reportedly shouted at commissioner Gary Bettman last month, for one), and he likely wasn't the only one on Wednesday night, considering that negotiations are heating up as D-day for the 2012-13 approaches, and that Ron Hainsey used the always-euphemistic phrase "candid discussions" to characterize talks. Plus. Sportsnet's Michael Grange reports that it helped move the process along. So regarding Wednesday night, at least, all's well that ends well.

But still, it's Ryan Miller. He does this stuff. An incomplete history:

Jan. 29, 2009

After giving up three goals against the Pittsburgh Penguins, Miller was yanked. And mad.

Jan. 8, 2010

A five-minute major for making Leafs and Flames fans jealous and punching Matt Stajan in the face. Pretty cut and dry.

April 20, 2011

The Sabres wound up losing their Eastern Conference quarterfinals series against the Philadelphia Flyers in seven games, but Miller left his mark.

After taking some criticism late in the regular season, Miller shut out Philadelphia twice in the first four games. He was in enough of a zone to stay put when then-Flyers winger Daniel Carcillo pretended to take a swing at him.

"(Criticism is) the furthest thing from my mind. I don’t need to listen to all the B.S. that’s out there from people who don’t know how to play goalie. I really don’t give an expletive," Miller said.

He actually said expletive.

Nov. 12, 2011

Boston Bruins winger Milan Lucic was trying to chase down a puck. Miller left his crease in an attempt to clear the same puck. Lucic laid out Miller. Miller was mad—and concussed. There was more than enough fallout and debate surrounding this, but his postgame interview is most relevant.

"I'm not really going to get into that," Miller told reporters. "I just stuck around because I wanted to say what a piece of (poop) I think Lucic is. Fifty pounds on me, and he runs me like that? It's unbelievable. Everyone in this city see him as a big, tough, solid player. I respected him for how hard he plays. That was gutless. Gutless. Piece of (poop)."

Video of the rant is below—and beware, he did not actually say poop.

Dec. 3, 2011

In his first game back from the concussion he sustained in the Lucic collision, Miller was run by Nashville Predators winger Jordin Tootoo. He, understandably, freaked out.

Tootoo wound up getting suspended for two games (Lucic had gotten none).

Sept. 13, 2012

At an NHLPA press conference in New York, Miller gave a lengthy set of answers in which he pointedly criticized Bettman and the owner for not acting, in his opinion, in the best interest of the game. It wasn't the first or last time he'd do so, but it was the highest profile.

"We're thinking much more about the future than the top executives of the NHL are," he said. "We don't want the fans to go through this—in their proposal, it'll be (every) five or six years. I don't think it's fair. I don't think it's right. I don't think it grows the game the way we want to see it grow."